Please help us to end the suffering

If Local Authorities enforced current legislation then we could end the suffering of an estimated 9,000 equines at risk of neglect and abuse.

The Animal Welfare Act sets out a discretionary power for national and local authorities to appoint Inspectors.

Did you know that the majority of Local Authorities have no Animal Welfare Inspectors?

This means that thousands of horses, like Catena, are left until they are suffering terrible pain and distress before they can be rescued.

If the Animal Welfare Act and current DEFRA Codes of Practice were enforced consistently, by correctly trained Local Authority appointed Inspectors, then Catena could have been rescued long before she had to endure such suffering.

The Act states that all Animals should have the freedom to express natural behaviour, long-term tethering does not allow this and yet this part of the law is rarely, if ever, enforced.

It is not only tethered horses that are suffering as a result of the Animal Welfare Act not being enforced. Horses found running loose on the road are often caught by the police but have nowhere to go. With many local authorities not taking responsibility for them and the Police having many other urgent matters to deal with, the already-overstretched rescue charities are being called upon to pick up the pieces.

We believe it should be a mandatory duty for all Local Authorities to enforce the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and Codes of Practice by employing a fully trained Animal Welfare Inspector and protect thousands of equines from suffering the way Catena did.

We need your help to #BreakTheChain.

Your donations will continue us to help rescue, rehabilitate and rehome horses that have been treated inhumanely.

Click here to visit www.breakthechain.org.uk to add your voice to our campaign and stop this for good. Thank you.